Week 2 (65.)

Poetry & Enemies

Feb. 3

Primary Readings: Catullus 1 (cui dono libellum - 10v.); Catullus 13 (14 v.)

Assignment: Complete scanning worksheet for Catullus 1; Be prepared to analyze poem critically (per handout); come with at least 3 observations that escaped you on your first read through of the poem

Quiz: Catullus's Life & Times

Feb. 5

Primary Readings: Catullus 16 (Pedicabo ego vos - 16v.), 33 (O furum optime balneariorum - 8v.)

Readings in Translation: Catullus 12, 40, 41; Archilochus 172-177

Secondary Readings: A. Richlin, "Catullus, Ovid, and the Art of Mockery" in The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Agression in Roman Humor. Oxford 1992. pp. 144 - 156

Assignment: Complete scanning worksheet for Catullus 33

Feb. 7

SICK DAY